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Research projects:
- Title: “The role of carotenoids for efficiency and sustainability of the photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants to environmental changes”.
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
2018-2022
Principal investigator: Dr. A. V. Popova - Title: “Detailed characterization of recovery processes from the drought-induced desiccated stage in the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis”
2019-2021
Joint project under Bulgarian-Hungarian Academy Agreement
Principal investigator: Dr. K. Georgieva - Title: “Mechanisms of recovery from drought and frost-induced desiccation: strategies for survival of the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis”.
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
2018-2022
Principal investigator: Dr. K. Georgieva, Coordinator partner I – Dr. Maya Velitchkova - Title: “Reasons of cross-tolerance to drought and frost in Haberlea rhodopensis”
Joint project under Bulgarian-Hungarian Academy Agreement
2016–2018
Principal investigators: Dr. M. Velitchkova and Dr. F. Kessler - Title: “Prenylquinones and carotenoids – potential mediators of tolerance of plants to combined light and temperature stress”
Joint project under Bulgarian-Swiss Research Program
2012–2015
Principal investigators: Dr. M. Velitchkova and Dr. F. Kessler - Title: „Low temperature tolerance mechanisms in a resurrection and a non-resurrection plant”
2013-2105
Joint project under Bulgarian-Hungarian Academy Agreement
Principal investigator: Dr. K. Georgieva - Title: “Effect of reduced carotenoids contents on the resistance of photosynthetic apparatus towards high light intensity- an investigation in vivo”
Budgetary subsidy of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014 – 2017
Principal investigator: Dr. A. V. Popova - Title: “Characterization of the process of photobleaching of photosynthetic pigments in thylakoid membranes from Arabidopsis thaliana – wild type and mutant lut2 under high light illumination”.
Budgetary subsidy of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2015 – 2018
Principal investigator: Dr. A. V. Popova - Title: “Composition and function of carotenoids in light-harvesting complexes of photosystem I from higher plants”
Joint project by the program of bilateral cooperation between Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and CSIC- Spain.
2010–2012
Principal investigators: Dr. M. Velitchkova and Dr. R. Picorel - Title: “Effect of brassinosteroids on the photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants and its resistance to high-light stress”
Budgetary subsidy of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
2010–2012.
Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr. A.G. Dobrikova - Title: “Investigation of the effect of UV-B on the photosynthetic apparatus of different ecotypes Arabidopsis”
Budgetary subsidy of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
2011–2013.
Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Popova - Title: “Ecophysiological responses of the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis to desiccation under high temperature and different light regimes. Molecular analysis of desiccation tolerance”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
2009–2012
Principal investigator: Dr. K. Georgieva - Title: BG051PO001-3.3.04/42 “Implementation and use of new methods and approaches in the training of young researchers in the field of biophysics in order to increase their competitiveness and skills in applied fields such as agriculture, ecology and medicine”.
2009–2011
Operational Programme “Human resources development”, co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund
Project leader: Corr. Mem. A. Kosev
Member of management team as scientific secretary –M. Velitchkova - Title: “Response of some monocot and dicot plants to UV-B and salt stress in interaction with heat hardening treatments (cross adaptation and recovery)”
Joint project by the program of bilateral cooperation between Bulgarian Academy of Scineces and Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (EARST)
2009–2011
Principal investigators: Dr. I. Fedina and Dr. Abdalla El-Moursi - Title: “Spectral properties of the photosystem II reaction center: Towards the assignment of pigment electronic absorbance bands.”
Joint project by the program of bilateral cooperation between Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and CSIC- Spain.
2006-2007
Principal investigators: Dr. M. Velitchkova and Dr. R. Picorel - Title: B-1504/2005 “Photosynthetic apparatus under abiotic stress. Involvement of reactive oxygen species in inactivation processes”
National Science Council of Bulgaria
2005-2009
Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Velitchkova - Title: B-1533/2005 “Physiological response of barley plants to UV-B radiation. Cross-adaptation”
National Science Council of Bulgaria
2005–2009
Principal Investigator: Dr. I. Fedina - Title: “Response of barley plants to UV-B irradiation as affected by salt and temperature stress”
Join project by the program of bilateral cooperation between Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and TUBITAC-Turkey
2005-2008
Principal Investigator: Dr. I. Fedina and Dr. H. Cakarlar. - Title: “Spectral properties, composition and conformational states of carotenoid molecules and its dynamic changes in non-photochemical quenching of light energy in photosynthesis”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
2005–2008
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Andreeva - Title: “Stability of the pigment-protein complex LHII from photosynthetic bacteria under extreme environmental conditions as probe by spectroscopic techniques”
Join project by the program of bilateral cooperation between Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and CSIC – Spain.
2004–2005
Principal investigators: Dr. M. Velitchkova and Dr. R. Picorel - Title: “Functional activity and structural stability of pigment-protein complexes from photosynthetic organisms under biotic and abiotic stress. Role of reactive oxygen species in inactivation processes”
Budgetary subsidy of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
2004–2005
Principal investigators: Dr. M. Velitchkova - Title: K-807/1998: “The lipid component of thylakoid membranes as a factor for photosynthetic activity under environmental stress”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
1998–2003
Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Velitchkova - Title: N392/2000 “Spectral properties of long wavelength pigments in photosystem I complexes of higher plants”
Science Fund of Sofia University
2000–2002
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Andreeva - Title: PB98-1632 “Propiedades físico-químicas y mecanismos moleculares de la resistencia a estreses abióticos del fotosistema II de plantas superiors”.
DGICYT, PSPGC
1999–2002
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rafael Picorel - Title: N311/1999: “Mutual orientation of pigments in photosystem I complexes from higher plants”
Science Fund of Sofia University
1999–2001
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Andreeva - Title: N333/1997: “Temperature dependence of spectral characteristics of long wavelength pigments of photosystem I complexes”
Science Fund of Sofia University
1997–1999
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Andreeva - Title: F-497/1995: “Energy transfer in photosynthetic systems: model systems, isolated complexes of photosystem I, photosystem II and chloroplasts from higher plants.”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria and Science Fund of Sofia University
1995–1997
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Andreeva - Title: K-614/1996: “Structural and functional role of light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex II in higher plants mutants”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
1996–1999
Principal Investigator: Dr. E. Apostolova - Title: K-426/1994: “Study of physico-chemical parameters and functional properties of thylakoid membranes”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
1994–1997
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Y. Zeinalov - Title: K-33/1991: “Molecular mechanisms of light energy transduction in photosynthetic membranes”
National Science Fund of Bulgaria
1991–1994
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Y. Zeinalov
